 Well, let me tell you, (said Goldsmith), when my tailor brought home my bloomcoloured coat, he said, ' Sir, I have a favour to beg of you. When any body asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water-lane.  The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: From a Variety of Original Sources - Page 365by Sir James Prior - 1837 - 550 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...body asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water lane.'" JOHNSON. "Why, sir, that was because he knew the strange...hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat even of so absurd a colour." One day, at sir Joshua's table, when it was related that Mrs. Montague,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1884 - 784 pages
...m.ide your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water " Lane"' JOHNSON—'Why, Sir, that was because he knew the strange colour "...hear of him, and see "how well he could make a coat even of so absurd a colour.'" Goltiy's in Natural History:—•" On Thursday, April 29 (1773), I dined... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1885 - 506 pages
...JOHNSON. — ' Why, Sir, that was because he knew the strange colour would attract crowds to gaze on it ; and thus they might hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat even of so absurd a colour.' " 2 Upon another occasion, when he was travelling in France, in 1770,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1884 - 528 pages
...JOHNSON. — ' Why, Sir, that was because he knew the strange colour would attract crowds to gaze on it ; and thus they might hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat even of so absurd a colour.' " 2 Upon another occasion, when he was travelling in France, in 1770,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1885 - 538 pages
...JOHNSON. — ' Why, Sir, that was because he knew the strange colour would attract crowds to gaze on it ; and thus they might hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat even of so absurd a colour.' " 2 Upon another occasion, when he was travelling in France, in 1770,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 606 pages
...Harrow, in Water Lane."' ' Why, sir,' cried Johnson, ' that was becaiiso he knew the strange color would attract crowds to gaze at it, and thus they...and see how well he could make a coat of so absurd a color.'" But though Goldsmith might permit this raillery on the part of his friends, he was quick to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 500 pages
...I believe was seriously vain of it, for his mind was wonderfully prone to such impressions'. 'Come, come, (said Garrick,) talk no more of that. You are,...hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat even of so absurd a colour3.' laid in answer to Johnson's astonish- imperial blue, lined with rose-coloured... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 512 pages
...interrupt him, when Garrick went on, laughing ironically, ' Nay, you will always look like a gentleman2; but I am talking of being well or ill drest.' ' Well,...hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat even of so absurd a colour3.' said in answer to Johnson's astonish- imperial blue, lined with rose-coloured... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 522 pages
...ironically, 'Nay, you will always look like a gentleman2; but I am talking of being well or ill drcst' ' Well, let me tell you, (said Goldsmith,) when my tailor...hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat even of so absurd a colour3.' said in answer to Johnson's astonish- imperial blue, lined with rose-coloured... | |
 | Francis Richard Charles Grant - 1887 - 216 pages
...you who made your clothes,1 be pleased to mention, John Filby, at ' The Harrow,' in Water Lane." ' "Johnson. Why, sir, that was because he knew the strange...hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat even of so absurd a colour. "After dinner our conversation first turned upon Pope. "Johnson said 'his... | |
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